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Ohgi, for instance, allowed pitcher Hideo Nomo to adhere to his own training regimen rather than institutional norms. Nomo flourished. Likewise, Ohgi believed in allowing Ichiro to compete on his ...

and came up through what is often described as a regimented baseball-training system that some link to the martial arts and even samurai history. Ichiro grew to be hip in the majors, which fit the ...

He rarely saw his friends. Ichiro told the author Robert Whiting that training sessions with his father, Nobuyuki, were so intense they “bordered on child abuse.” From that crucible emerged a ...

Ichiro even joked about the one writer who left him off the ... "Two or three days into Spring Training, me and Andy ...

True or not, it likely traces back to this repartee between Ichiro and his first manager, Lou Piniella, during his very first spring training. ESPN's Tommy Tomlinson wrote: "Pull the ball ...

The five newcomers, including Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025, in Cooperstown, New York.

and came up through what is often described as a regimented baseball-training system that some link to the martial arts and even samurai history. Ichiro grew to be hip in the majors, which fit the ...